Research Collaborations and Academic & Research Technologies

Staff members of Academic & Research Technologies (ART), a department of Information Technology (IT), are available to collaborate with Northwestern researchers in

  • writing research proposals for funding,
  • partnering with NU faculty in the programming and systems development work of research grants, and
  • consulting with NU researchers about promising new technology standards and compute systems for tackling research problems.

Academic & Research Technologies has expertise in a wide range of videoconferencing-related technologies, such as:

  • High definition video
  • Room design
  • Desktop videoconferencing
  • Streaming of events between sites using high quality audio/video (e.g. Master's Classes)
  • Access Grid- based videoconferencing
  • Streaming and archiving of videoconferences

Academic & Research Technologies also has expertise in a number of current research technologies, including:

  • high-resolution imaging and video systems;
  • digital workflow systems for research computations;
  • parallel processing;
  • emerging collaboration platforms;
  • scientific visualization displays; and
  • digital repositories.

Staff at ART are partners to current NSF, NIH, Augusta Webster, and Mellon Foundation grant projects at the University.

Additional Information:
Support Contact:

For guidance on how ART may help you with your research proposal, please contact Bob Taylor (Director, Academic & Research Technologies) or any of the ART architects:

Last Updated: 15 October 2009

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